In this photograph, taken in May 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt receives a group of American Indians from the Pueblo nation on the South Drive. The president is pictured seated in an open convertible. The guests visited the White House to express support for legislation sponsored by U.S. Commissioner for the Bureau of Indian Affairs John Collier, which protected Pueblo land from encroaching agricultural interests.

In this photograph, taken on April 10, 1939, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt makes the inaugural contribution to the Women's Olympic Fund. The fund was created to help send track, swimming, and field teams to the 1940 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. In 1940, the Olympic Games were cancelled due to World War II. The Olympic Games did not resume until the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Helsinki later hosted the 1951 Summer Olympics. Pictured in this photograph from left to right: unidentified child; Mrs. Roosevelt; Delores "Dee" Boeckmann, former Olympic runner and National Chairman of the Women's Track and Field Committee; Hjalmar Johan Fredrik Procopé, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Lucille Brackett, a swimmer from Washington, D.C. The group stands on the balcony of the South Portico outside the Blue Room. A crowd of onlookers on the South Grounds and the Washington Monument are visible in the distance.

In this black and white photograph, Girl Scout Margaret Lusby presents roses to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the National Tree Lighting on December 24,1933. The first lady of the country has served as the honorary National President of the Girl Scouts ever since Edith Wilson, wife of President Woodrow Wilson, began the tradition in 1917. Accompanying Mrs. Roosevelt are President Roosevelt and their granddaughter, “Sistie” (Anna Eleanor) Dall.

This black and white photograph is of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt posing for cameras at the bottom of the South Portico steps on the day of his first inauguration in 1933.

This black and white photograph is from the royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain in 1939. As part of their trip to the United States, the British royals visited the Roosevelts in Hyde Park, where they attended services at St. James Church. From left to right in the photo after the clergy members are Queen Elizabeth, King George, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, an aide of the president's assisting him with standing, Sara Delano Roosevelt, the president's mother, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

This black and white photograph is of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at a broadcast in the Diplomatic Reception Room to launch an initiative against infantile paralysis or polio. On the left of the photo is film star Mary Pickford and on the right is Mrs. Winifred Reed, wife of Stanley Reed, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio in 1921 at the age of 39, and throughout the remainder of his life both he and Eleanor were staunch supporters of research into a cure.

This black and white photograph is of the Roosevelt family leaving the White House for St. Thomas' Parish for Christmas services. Left to right in the photo are Mrs. Elizabeth Riley Roosevelt, sister-in-law of the President, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Sara Roosevelt, mother of the president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Roosevelt and his wife, Mrs. Betsy Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., and Harry Hopkins, the Secretary of Commerce. The two children in front are Sara Delano Roosevelt, daughter of James Roosevelt, and Diana Hopkins.

In this black and white photograph, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt watches as President Franklin D. Roosevelt carves the traditional Thanksgiving turkey during supper at Warm Springs, Georgia.

This black and white photograph shows former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at an event in St. Louis, Missouri.

This black and white photograph shows First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt hosting a lawn party for the White House guards on the South Grounds of the White House.

This black and white photograph shows former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt greeting contralto Marian Anderson in Japan. In 1939, Anderson was barred from singing in Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) due to her race. Upon hearing this news, Mrs. Roosevelt resigned her membership to the DAR and worked with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to arrange for Anderson to give a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939. Two months later, Mrs. Roosevelt presented Anderson with the Spingarn Medal for distinguished achievement at the 30th annual NAACP conference.

This black and white photo shows President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at a ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial with Rear Adm. Wilson Brown, Maj. Gen. Edwin Watson, and Charles Fredericks of the Secret Service. Brown and Watson served as aides to President Roosevelt. Uniformed motorcycle police form a security line behind the president's car. The Reflecting Pool and Washington Monument are in the background

In this black and white photograph, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt sits on the steps of the South Portico with children during the White House Easter Egg Roll. Dating back to 1878, the Easter Egg Roll is a cherished springtime tradition in Washington, D.C., with children and their families gathering to enjoy festivities on the South Lawn.

In this black and white photograph, President Franklin D. Roosevelt welcomes King George VI of Great Britain at Union Station in Washington, D.C. The British monarch stands on the left of the photo, saluting, with the president in the middle being supported by his aide, Brig. Gen. Watson. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt stands in a line behind the men flanked by additional military aides. Queen Elizabeth is also in line but not visible behind Watson. This was the first time a reigning British monarch had visited the United States.

This black and white photograph is of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. The military leader and future president had come to the Roosevelt home to pay his respects to the grave of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died three months earlier.

This black and white photograph shows former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and two representatives of the 4-H Club presenting a United Nations flag to President Truman at the White House. Truman appointed Mrs. Roosevelt to the first American delegation to the United Nations in 1947, and during her service, she chaired the committee which wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She was also the chair of the National Citizen's Committee for United Nations Day. When the Korean conflict broke out in 1950, supplies of United Nations flags were low. The 4-H organization stepped in to provide patterns and kits to make flags to boost support for the UN and the Korean War. One of these flags was presented to Truman by 4-H members Mary Ann Long and Charlotte Ingram in the Rose Garden.